It does mean someone is asking you to say By position of a characteristic I was born with, I have been helped, or at least not hurt, more than others without this characteristic. It does not mean anyone wants you to apologize for it; it does mean someone is asking for an acknowledgement of the implications of it, either for how it is impacted where you are now, how it might be skewing your perspective or level of knowledge in discussing a subject, or for how the lack of that same privilege may have made things different for someone else. Privilege isnt bad. And its not about you. Its about how others see you and how others treat you-- what assumptions institutions make about you or how systems treat you. Realizing that you have some degree privilege? Is difficult. Because it means that the world isnt a perfect meritocracy and the world isnt equal. But whats important is that we own up to it and recognize when it might not be appropriate to speak because of our privilege-- sometimes, we truly cant understand. So then shut up and listen. Because youll learn so much that way. groupthink.jezebel/to-the-princeton-privileged-kid-1570383740
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 14:31:13 +0000
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